Cherry Crumb Pie Recipe

I had to get this Cherry Crumb Pie out of my face immediately after I baked it because it was a weak moment to say the least and just moments before I was diving into it!

I sliced that first piece as I always do for the video and I could not resist eating the entire thing!

I will recommend you have an exit plan for this Cherry Crumb Pie Recipe since it is quite dangerous once it comes out of the oven in all of it’s sweet, juicy, buttery and crumbly goodness.

I may or may not have mentioned adding a scoop of vanilla ice cream to this warm fresh out of the oven pie, but I am not so sure you will even have a bite left by the time that ice cream makes it from the freezer to the table!

The 6 Cherry Pitter makes fast work of this otherwise large task of pitting 2lbs of cherries! So I would recommend to pick one up ~they are quite affordable!

Ok so let me get back to the recipe, you can skip the Crumble Topping if you don’t want to make an extra recipe OR if you are looking to go LESS SUGAR (since the crumble is really alot of sugar) you can cut down on that with a traditional pie crust top. It is really up to you which way you prefer.

But I have to be honest the crumb topping I’ using here is the same one I use on my famous crumb bun recipe and well…. it isn’t famous because it sucks! LOL

As for the cherries I used regular Bing Cherries rather than the Sour Cherries that are more often used in cooking and baking, but since sour cherries are harder to come by the good ol’ eating cherries are really just great!

You can adjust the sugar in the recipe based on which cherries you are using and it can be anywhere from Zero cups to the ½ cup that I used in my recipe below (or more sugar if you really like sweet!)

Pie recipes are really versatile and so forgiving when it comes to measurements ~ this will probably be the only time you hear me say that when it comes to baking and measurements!

This is a building on recipes project so you will have to make your pie dough ahead of time, but other than that it was really simple to pull this whole thing together!

Oh yeah, one last thing before we start~ I gave my finished pie a drizzle of icing sugar and I am in love with the Professional Grade Fondant I am selling here but if you didn’t want to try that; just make a home glaze, which is just confectioners sugar with a tablespoon or two of water to make a pour-able glaze.

31 thoughts on “Cherry Crumb Pie Recipe”

From the blog post: As for the cherries I used regular Bing Cherries rather than the Sour Cherries that are more often used in cooking and baking, but since sour cherries are harder to come by the good ol’ eating cherries are really just great!

I dont have a pizza stone although Ive always wanted one, Im just investing in wedding cake stuff right now. However!! I used a large cast iron griddle under mine and was shocked to see the difference it made!! No gooeyness at all, instead the bottom crust was a nice brown probably from me having the griddle in the oven before the pie went in. We loved the crumble but if I make this again, I will cut the cardamom down to 1/4-1/2 teaspoon, leave out the lemon peal and reduce the juice to 1 tsp. Those two flavors sort of over powered the cherries for my family. All in all though wonderful recipe, thanks again Gretchen 🙂

Thanks! The sugar in any fruit pie recipe is adjustable to your preference, depending on how sweet the fruit it, you can add as much or as little sugar as you like! Some people do not add any sugar at all to fruit pies! Again, depends on the fruit!

I made this pie with sour cherries I had just picked. I make a lot of pies in the summer, but my husband declared that this one was the best I’d ever made! I did blind bake the crust first, because I didn’t want to risk a “soggy bottom.” Just perfection. I didn’t bother with the icing, because it just didn’t need a thing! Thanks for another great recipe.